diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index f1b7e1ccbb1c60..71dc234c083014 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -2927,7 +2927,7 @@ changes:
 
 Synchronous rename(2). Returns `undefined`.
 
-## fs.rmdir(path, callback)
+## fs.rmdir(path[, options], callback)
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.0.2
 changes:
@@ -2946,6 +2946,8 @@ changes:
 -->
 
 * `path` {string|Buffer|URL}
+* `options` {Object}
+  * `clearDir` {boolean} delete non-empty folders **Default:** `false
 * `callback` {Function}
   * `err` {Error}
 
@@ -2955,7 +2957,7 @@ to the completion callback.
 Using `fs.rmdir()` on a file (not a directory) results in an `ENOENT` error on
 Windows and an `ENOTDIR` error on POSIX.
 
-## fs.rmdirSync(path)
+## ## fs.rmdirSync(path[, options])
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.21
 changes:
@@ -2966,6 +2968,8 @@ changes:
 -->
 
 * `path` {string|Buffer|URL}
+* `options` {Object}
+  * `clearDir` {boolean} **Default:** `false`
 
 Synchronous rmdir(2). Returns `undefined`.
 
@@ -4464,12 +4468,14 @@ added: v10.0.0
 Renames `oldPath` to `newPath` and resolves the `Promise` with no arguments
 upon success.
 
-### fsPromises.rmdir(path)
+### fsPromises.rmdir(path[, options])
 <!-- YAML
 added: v10.0.0
 -->
 
 * `path` {string|Buffer|URL}
+* `options` {Object}
+  * `clearDir` {boolean} **Default:** `false`
 * Returns: {Promise}
 
 Removes the directory identified by `path` then resolves the `Promise` with
@@ -4963,7 +4969,7 @@ the file contents.
 [`fs.readdir()`]: #fs_fs_readdir_path_options_callback
 [`fs.readdirSync()`]: #fs_fs_readdirsync_path_options
 [`fs.realpath()`]: #fs_fs_realpath_path_options_callback
-[`fs.rmdir()`]: #fs_fs_rmdir_path_callback
+[`fs.rmdir()`]: #fs_fs_rmdir_path_options_callback
 [`fs.stat()`]: #fs_fs_stat_path_options_callback
 [`fs.symlink()`]: #fs_fs_symlink_target_path_type_callback
 [`fs.utimes()`]: #fs_fs_utimes_path_atime_mtime_callback
diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index e890d0c1305b95..6c7fc1383e5b5f 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -678,21 +678,168 @@ function ftruncateSync(fd, len = 0) {
   handleErrorFromBinding(ctx);
 }
 
-function rmdir(path, callback) {
-  callback = makeCallback(callback);
-  path = getValidatedPath(path);
+// Delte All directory
+function rmDirAll(path, callback) {
+  let n = 0;
+  let errState = null;
+
+  function next(err) {
+    errState = errState || err;
+    if (--n === 0)
+      rmEmptyDir(path, callback);
+  }
+
+  function rmFile(path, isDirectory, callback) {
+    if (isDirectory) {
+      return _rmdir(path, callback);
+    }
+
+    unlink(path, (err) => {
+      if (err) {
+        if (err.code === 'ENOENT')
+          return callback(null);
+        if (err.code === 'EPERM')
+          return _rmdir(path, err, callback);
+        // Normally it doesn't equal 'EISDIR'
+        if (err.code === 'EISDIR')
+          return _rmdir(path, err, callback);
+      }
+      return callback(err);
+    });
+  }
+
+  function _rmdir(path, originalEr, callback) {
+    if (typeof originalEr === 'function') {
+      callback = originalEr;
+      originalEr = null;
+    }
+
+    // Check if it is empty through error.code
+    rmdir(path, function(err) {
+      if (err && (err.code === 'ENOTEMPTY' ||
+                  err.code === 'EEXIST' ||
+                  err.code === 'EPERM'))
+        _rmkids(path, callback);
+      else if (err && err.code === 'ENOTDIR')
+        callback(originalEr);
+      else
+        callback(err);
+    });
+  }
+
+  function _rmkids(path, callback) {
+    readdir(path, { withFileTypes: true }, (err, files) => {
+      if (err)
+        return callback(err);
+
+      let n = files.length;
+      if (n === 0)
+        return rmEmptyDir(path, callback);
+
+      let errState;
+      files.forEach((dirent) => {
+        const fp = pathModule.join(path, dirent.name);
+        rmFile(fp, dirent.isDirectory(), (err) => {
+          if (errState)
+            return;
+          if (err)
+            return callback(errState = err);
+          if (--n === 0)
+            return rmEmptyDir(path, callback);
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  readdir(path, { withFileTypes: true }, (err, files) => {
+    if (err)
+      return callback(err);
+
+    n = files.length;
+    if (n === 0)
+      return rmEmptyDir(path, callback);
+
+    files.forEach((dirent) => {
+      const fp = pathModule.join(path, dirent.name);
+      rmFile(fp, dirent.isDirectory(), (err) => {
+        if (err && err.code === 'ENOENT')
+          err = null;
+        next(err);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+// Delete empty directory
+function rmEmptyDir(path, callback) {
   const req = new FSReqCallback();
-  req.oncomplete = callback;
+  req.oncomplete = makeCallback(callback);
   binding.rmdir(pathModule.toNamespacedPath(path), req);
 }
 
-function rmdirSync(path) {
+function rmdir(path, options, callback) {
+  callback = maybeCallback(callback || options);
+  options = getOptions(options, { clearDir: false });
   path = getValidatedPath(path);
+
+  const { clearDir } = options;
+
+  if (typeof clearDir !== 'boolean')
+    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('clearDir', 'boolean', clearDir);
+
+  if (clearDir) {
+    rmDirAll(path, callback);
+  } else {
+    rmEmptyDir(path, callback);
+  }
+}
+
+// Delte All directory sync
+function rmDirAllSync(path) {
+  // Non-directory throws an error directly to user
+  const files = readdirSync(path, { withFileTypes: true });
+  const n = files.length;
+
+  if (n === 0)
+    return rmEmptyDirSync(path);
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    const dirent = files[i];
+    const fp = pathModule.join(path, dirent.name);
+    if (dirent.isDirectory()) {
+      rmDirAllSync(fp);
+    } else {
+      unlinkSync(fp);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Try again or more?
+  rmDirAllSync(path);
+}
+
+// Delte empty directory sync
+function rmEmptyDirSync(path) {
   const ctx = { path };
   binding.rmdir(pathModule.toNamespacedPath(path), undefined, ctx);
   handleErrorFromBinding(ctx);
 }
 
+function rmdirSync(path, options) {
+  path = getValidatedPath(path);
+  options = getOptions(options, { clearDir: false });
+
+  const { clearDir } = options;
+
+  if (typeof clearDir !== 'boolean')
+    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('clearDir', 'boolean', clearDir);
+
+  if (clearDir) {
+    rmDirAllSync(path);
+  } else {
+    rmEmptyDirSync(path);
+  }
+}
+
 function fdatasync(fd, callback) {
   validateUint32(fd, 'fd');
   const req = new FSReqCallback();
diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
index 42dbbcc361ad99..74a15c576dc769 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ const { kUsePromises } = binding;
 
 const getDirectoryEntriesPromise = promisify(getDirents);
 
+let rmdirPromise;
+
 class FileHandle {
   constructor(filehandle) {
     this[kHandle] = filehandle;
@@ -274,8 +276,23 @@ async function ftruncate(handle, len = 0) {
   return binding.ftruncate(handle.fd, len, kUsePromises);
 }
 
-async function rmdir(path) {
+async function rmdir(path, options) {
   path = getValidatedPath(path);
+  options = getOptions(options, { clearDir: false });
+  const { clearDir } = options;
+
+  if (typeof clearDir !== 'boolean')
+    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('clearDir', 'boolean', clearDir);
+
+  // If implement them in lib, can only import promisify for rmdir.
+  if (clearDir) {
+    if (rmdirPromise === undefined) {
+      const rmdir = require('fs').rmdir;
+      rmdirPromise = promisify(rmdir);
+    }
+    return rmdirPromise(path, options);
+  }
+
   return binding.rmdir(pathModule.toNamespacedPath(path), kUsePromises);
 }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-rmdir-clearDir.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-rmdir-clearDir.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b6952dd03fc838
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-rmdir-clearDir.js
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const path = require('path');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
+
+const tmpPath = (dir) => path.join(tmpdir.path, dir);
+
+tmpdir.refresh();
+
+// fs.rmdir - clearDir: true
+{
+  const paramdir = tmpPath('rmdir');
+  const d = path.join(paramdir, 'test_rmdir');
+  // Make sure the directory does not exist
+  assert(!fs.existsSync(d));
+  // Create the directory now
+  fs.mkdirSync(d, { recursive: true });
+  assert(fs.existsSync(d));
+  // Create files
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(d, 'test.txt'), 'test');
+
+  fs.rmdir(paramdir, { clearDir: true }, common.mustCall((err) => {
+    assert.ifError(err);
+    assert(!fs.existsSync(d));
+  }));
+}
+
+// fs.rmdirSync - clearDir: true
+{
+  const paramdir = tmpPath('rmdirSync');
+  const d = path.join(paramdir, 'test_rmdirSync');
+  // Make sure the directory does not exist
+  assert(!fs.existsSync(d));
+  // Create the directory now
+  fs.mkdirSync(d, { recursive: true });
+  assert(fs.existsSync(d));
+  // Create files
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(d, 'test.txt'), 'test');
+
+  fs.rmdirSync(paramdir, { clearDir: true });
+  assert(!fs.existsSync(d));
+}
+
+// fs.promises.rmdir - clearDir: true
+{
+  const paramdir = tmpPath('rmdirPromise');
+  const d = path.join(paramdir, 'test_promises_rmdir');
+  // Make sure the directory does not exist
+  assert(!fs.existsSync(d));
+  // Create the directory now
+  fs.mkdirSync(d, { recursive: true });
+  assert(fs.existsSync(d));
+  // Create files
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(d, 'test.txt'), 'test');
+
+  (async () => {
+    await fs.promises.rmdir(paramdir, { clearDir: true });
+    assert(!fs.existsSync(d));
+  })();
+}
+
+// clearDir: false
+{
+  const paramdir = tmpPath('options');
+  const d = path.join(paramdir, 'dir', 'test_rmdir_recursive_false');
+  // Make sure the directory does not exist
+  assert(!fs.existsSync(d));
+  // Create the directory now
+  fs.mkdirSync(d, { recursive: true });
+  assert(fs.existsSync(d));
+
+  // fs.rmdir
+  fs.rmdir(paramdir, { clearDir: false }, common.mustCall((err) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'ENOTEMPTY');
+  }));
+
+  // fs.rmdirSync
+  common.expectsError(
+    () => fs.rmdirSync(paramdir, { clearDir: false }),
+    {
+      code: 'ENOTEMPTY'
+    }
+  );
+
+  // fs.promises.rmdir
+  assert.rejects(
+    fs.promises.rmdir(paramdir, { clearDir: false }),
+    {
+      code: 'ENOTEMPTY'
+    }
+  );
+}
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-rmdir-type-check.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-rmdir-type-check.js
index fc2106b8cabee7..8efc0183b714c1 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-rmdir-type-check.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-rmdir-type-check.js
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
 const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
+
+tmpdir.refresh();
 
 [false, 1, [], {}, null, undefined].forEach((i) => {
   common.expectsError(
@@ -19,3 +24,35 @@ const fs = require('fs');
     }
   );
 });
+
+const d = path.join(tmpdir.path, 'dir', 'test_rmdir_typecheck');
+// Make sure the directory does not exist
+assert(!fs.existsSync(d));
+// Create the directory now
+fs.mkdirSync(d, { recursive: true });
+
+// Tests for clearDir option
+['true', 1, [], {}].forEach((i) => {
+  common.expectsError(
+    () => fs.rmdirSync(d, { clearDir: i }),
+    {
+      code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+      type: TypeError
+    }
+  );
+  common.expectsError(
+    () => fs.rmdir(d, { clearDir: i }, common.mustNotCall()),
+    {
+      code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+      type: TypeError
+    }
+  );
+  assert.rejects(
+    fs.promises.rmdir(d, { clearDir: i }),
+    {
+      code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+      message: 'The "clearDir" argument must be of type boolean. ' +
+               `Received type ${typeof i}`
+    }
+  );
+});